Could you put the move orders as well as briefly explain the idea of the defenses?
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2Popular where and at what level? What club players play in one place may not be what GMs play, or club players play in another place.– HerbCommented Apr 25, 2016 at 2:56
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@HerbWolfe What about popular in contemporary GM play?– user122965Commented Apr 25, 2016 at 4:13
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2Well if Carlsen-Anand WCC games have shown us anything, I think you should prepare against the Berlin defense.– NoseKnowsAllCommented Apr 26, 2016 at 5:04
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The mainlines and key ideas are highlighted in wikipedia. The article covers:
Morphy Defence: 3...a6
- Exchange Variation: 4.Bxc6
- Norwegian Defence: 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5
- Variations combining 3...a6 and ...Bc5
- Steinitz Defence Deferred: 4.Ba4 d6
- Schliemann Defence Deferred: 4.Ba4 f5
- Arkhangelsk Defence: 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7
- Mackenzie Variation 4. Ba4 Nf6 5.d4
- Russian Defence: 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 d6
- Open Defence: 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4
Closed Defence 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7
- Delayed Exchange Variation Deferred: 6.Bxc6
- Centre Attack: 6.d4
- Worrall Attack: 6.Qe2
- Averbakh Variation: 6.Re1 d6
- Trajković Variation: 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 Bb7
- Marshall Attack: 7...0-0 8.c3 d5
Main line: 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0
- Pilnik Variation: 9.d3
- Yates Variation and Bogoljubow Variation: 9.d4
- Chigorin Variation: 9.h3 Na5
- Breyer Variation: 9.h3 Nb8
- Zaitsev Variation: 9.h3 Bb7
- Karpov Variation: 9.h3 Nd7
- Kholmov Variation: 9.h3 Be6
- Smyslov Variation: 9.h3 h6
- Smyslov Variation: 9.h3 Qd7
Black defences other than 3...a6
- Cozio Defence: 3...Nge7
- Smyslov Defence: 3...g6
- Bird's Defence: 3...Nd4
- Steinitz Defence: 3...d6
- Schliemann Defence: 3...f5
- Classical Defence: 3...Bc5
- Berlin Defence: 3...Nf6
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Great list. If OP could narrow to specific line(s), we could answer the question better. Commented Apr 28, 2016 at 13:17